The life of women in medieval Europe is the focus of new displays which use manuscripts, documents and other artefacts to focus on their public and private lives through their own writings.
Featuring comics, manuscripts and books from the national collection alongside original typescripts, editors’ notes and artworks, Malorie Blackman: The Power of Stories (runnng through Feb
"The Queen’s Book," cataloged in the British Library as Harley 4431, is a collection of works by the 15th century writer Christine de Pizan, published in 1410-1414 and gifted to Queen Isabeau of…
The British Library has announced that it has acquired the archive of politician and academic Shirley Williams (1930-2021), commonly regarded as one of the most infl